Race reports
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Chiltern Wonderland 50, 2026
Lynne Nicholls and Jack Oates both won by more than 40 minutes, while 16 seconds separated second and third in the men's race.
Hardmoors 60, 2026
Chin-Chean Yong won by more than an hour, Elizabeth Nairn returned to the podium after her 2023 win, and a smaller field than usual carried a higher share of women than most races its length.
Ultra Trail Tour du Mont Blanc (UTMB), 2026
Both course records fell, the 2025 Western States champion finished third, and the middle of each field ran its fastest median on the course.
Leadville Trail 100 Mile, 2026
Adrian MacDonald took his third title as more women finished than ever before, in the largest field at the distance in the United States this year, and over a quarter of finishers came home in the final hour.
North Downs Way 100 Mile Race, 2026
A 50-year-old took second in the men's race behind Kane Porter's 32 minutes 50 seconds win, and more than a fifth of the finishers came home in the last hour before the cutoff.
Hardrock 100, 2026
A course record broken by the man who set it, a fourth women's title, and a field where the middle of the women's race came home ahead of the middle of the men's.
Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run, 2026
Both course records fell, the men's to a reigning UTMB champion, and the women's front quarter finished well ahead of the men's.
Summer Spine Race, 2026
Twenty-six women finished, the most the race has seen, and Edward Payne won the men's race by 9 hours 6 minutes 48 seconds.
South Downs Way 100 Mile Race, 2026
Both course records fell, the women's by 12.4%, in the largest race at this distance in the United Kingdom this year.
South Downs Way 50 km Race, 2026
Runners over 60 finished 27% slower than those in their thirties, and a field that was 87.5% British still brought 21 nationalities to the start.
Hardmoors 110, 2026
Esmee Price-Coates won the women's race by more than six hours and finished 5.6% behind the men's winner, while the last finisher came in at 35:58:26 against a 36:00:00 limit.
North Downs Way 50 Mile Race, 2026
The women's race was won by 13 seconds, the median woman finished in the slowest time in 14 editions since 2011, and nearly a quarter of finishers came home in the final hour.
Thames Path 100, 2026
The men's middle of the pack ran its slowest since 2012 while a record 43 women finished, behind a winning margin of almost an hour and a half.
South Downs Way 50 Mile Race, 2026
Matthew Hammerton went one place better than last year and finished within 0.9% of the course best, at the front of the largest field the race has had.
Hardmoors 55, 2026
Oliver Shaw came within 1.0% of the course best, the gap between the two winners has widened to 19.9%, and the field was 25.2% bigger than a year ago.
Arc of Attrition by UTMB - Arc 100, 2026
The largest field in eight editions was won by a man who had already won twice elsewhere in 2025, and by the middle of the pack the women and men were finishing level.
Arc of Attrition by UTMB - Arc 50, 2026
The largest field in six editions since 2019 ran the slowest men's and women's medians on record, while Gemma Hillier-Moses won the women's race by more than an hour.
Winter Spine Race, 2026
A record 17 women finished, led home by the 2025 Summer Spine Race winner, and the quickest quarter of them were home before the quickest quarter of the men.
Wendover Woods 50 Mile, 2025
Joseph Turner, already a Chiltern Wonderland 50 winner this year, ran within 0.2% of the course best, and 17.5% of finishers came home in the final hour.
Autumn 100 Mile Race, 2025
Hugh Tibbs took the men's course record by 6.5% while the gap between the men's and women's winners reached 41.0%, the widest of a trend that has been growing here since 2012.